AT THE HEIGHT OF A GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECESSION, acclaimed Belgian landscape painter Valerius de Saedeleer began to explore the commercial potential of limited-edition reproductive prints both as a means of income generation and to create a greater awareness of his artworks through their wider distribution. Between 1930 and 1938 Saedeleer collaborated with highly-skilled printmakers Jan de Cooman (1893-1949), Armand Apol (1879-1950), Frans Ermengem (1893-1985) and Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) to produce intaglio transcriptions in colour after some of his most popular canvases.
Boyens, Piet. Valerius de Saedeleer: De tuin der afwezigen (The Garden of the Absent). Lannoo, 2006.
Milo, Jean. Valerius de Saedeleer. Dietrich & Co., Brussels, 1934.
Ridder, André de. Valerius de Saedeleer en Zuid-Vlaanderen. Bij de Boekengilder ‘Die Poorte’, Antwerp, 1938.
Walravens, Jan. Valerius de Saedeleer. Ministry of Public Education, Antwerp. Undated.
To be continued …
ROGER HEBBELINCK
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Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Bomen bij de Hoeve (Trees by a Farm)
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy white wove, 19xx
630 x 490 mm (24¾ x 19¼ in.)
Edition 125 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower left] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil] 112/125 [right] R. Hebbelinck
After a c.1927 oil painting of the same title (Boyens, p.140). Zonsondergang.
Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Het kleine Dorp in de Sneeuw (Small Village in the Snow) Smaller version
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy white wove, 19xx
495 x 550 mm (19½ x 21¾ in.)
Edition 125 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower left, signature] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil] 54/125 [right, signature] R. Hebbelinck
After a 1933 oil painting of the same title (Milo, unnumbered).
Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Het kleine Dorp in de Sneeuw (Small Village in the Snow) Larger version
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy white wove, 19xx
548 x 595 mm (21½ x 23½ in.)
Edition 250 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, upper left] Copyright Dietrich & Co., Brussels. Gravé et imprimé par R. Hebbelinck (not all impressions thus) [lower right, signature stamp] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil] R. Hebbelinck [right] épreuve d’artiste [oval blind stamp] Dietrich & Co.
After a 1933 oil painting of the same title (Milo, unnumbered).
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Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Het Dorp in de Sneeuw (Village under Snow) I
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy white wove, 19xx
493 x 593 mm (19½ x 23½ in.)
Edition 125 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower right] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil] R. Hebbelinck [right] 89/125
After a 1928 oil painting of the same title in the collection of the Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Anvers (Milo, unnumbered; Walravens, pl. 17; Ridder pl. XI).
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Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Het Dorp in de Sneeuw (Village under Snow) II
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy white wove, 19xx
xxx x xxx mm (xxx x xxx in.)
Edition 250 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower right, stamp] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil signature] R. Hebbelinck [right] 145/250
After a 1928 oil painting of the same title in the collection of the Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Anvers (Milo, unnumbered; Walravens, pl. 17; Ridder pl. XI). This is a second larger version of above printed in greens and published by Dietrich of Brussels.
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Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Winter in Etikhove (Winter in Etikhove)
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy white wove, 19xx
493 x 646 mm (19½ x 25½ in.)
Editions of 125 and 350 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower right] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil] 52/350 [right] R. Hebbelinck
After a ca.1926 oil painting of the same title in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Aalst (Boyens, p. 133).
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Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Winterlandschap met Hoeve (Snow Scene with Farmhouse)
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy white wove, 19xx
495 x 590 mm (19½ x 23¼ in.)
Edition 125 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower right signature] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil signature] R. Hebbelinck [right, pencil] 39/125
After a 1907 oil painting of the same title (Milo, unnumbered; Walravens, pl. 10; Boyens, p. 144; Ridder pl. VII).
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Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
De Smederij onder de Sneeuw (The Forge under Snow)
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy white wove, 19xx
355 x 646 mm (14 x 25½ in.)
Edition 125 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower left signature] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil signature] 33/125 [right, pencil signature] R.Hebbelinck [edge of sheet, pencil] La Forge sous la Neige
After an unrecorded oil painting.
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Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Winter in Vlaanderen (Winter in Flanders)
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy wove paper, 19xx
494 x 497 mm (19½ x 19½ in.)
Edition 125 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower right, signature] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil] 24/125 [lower margin, right signature] R. Hebbelinck
After a 1923 oil painting of the same title (Milo, unnumbered; Ridder pl. VIII).
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Roger Hebbelinck (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Les Grands Arbres (The Tall Trees)
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy white wove, 19xx
495 x 524 mm (19½ x 20½ in.)
Edition 125 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower left] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil] 18/125 [right, pencil signature] R. Hebbelinck
After a ca.1927 oil painting Winter in Vlaandderen | Volle Winter in the collection of the Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Anvers (Walravens, frontispiece; Boyens, p.136).
ARMAND APOL
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Armand Apol (1879-1950) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Les Grands Arbres (The Tall Trees)
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy wove paper, 1930
552 x 575 mm (21¾ x 22¾ in.)
Edition 250 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower left, signature] Valerius de Saedleer [lower right, lettered] Grave par Apol 1930 [lower margin left, pencil] B 201/250 [lower margin centre, pencil] Les Grands Arbres [lower margin left, pencil] Armand Apol
After a ca.1927 oil painting Winter in Vlaandderen | Volle Winter in the collection of the Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Anvers (Walravens, frontispiece; Boyens, p.136).
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Armand Apol (1879-1950) after Valerius de Saedeleer
De Oude Boomgaard in den Winter (An Old Orchard in Winter)
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy wove paper, 19xx
515 x 585 mm (20¼ x 23 in.)
Edition 250 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower right, signature] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil] B57/250 [lower margin centre, pencil] Verger sous la Neige [lower margin right, pencil] Gravé par Armand Apol
After a 1925 oil painting of the same title (Milo, unnumbered; Walravens, pl. 11; Boyens, p. 121).
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Armand Apol (1879-1950) after Valerius de Saedeleer
xxx (xxx)
Etching and aquatint in colours, 19xx
488 x 565 mm. (19¼ x 22¼ in.)
Edition 200 (also seen 300) + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower right, signature] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil] épreuve d’artiste [lower margin right, pencil] Armand Apol sc.
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Armand Apol (1879-1950) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Herfst (Autumn)
Etching and aquatint in colours in heavy white wove, 1939
498 x 565 mm (19½ x 22¼ in.)
Edition 200 + artist proofs
Ins: [plate, lower left] Valerius de Saedeleer 38 [lower right] Gravé par Apol 1942? [lower margin right, pencil] Certifié Authentique J. de Saedeleer [lower margin, stamp] xxx
After a 1938 oil painting of the same title (Boyens, p. 164).
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Armand Apol (1879-1950) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Het Bosch in den Winter (The Wood in Winter)
Etching and aquatint in colours in heavy white wove, 19xx
525 x 576 mm (20¾ x 22¾ in.)
Edition ???
Ins: [plate, lower left] Gravé par Apol [lower right] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin right, pencil] épreuve derrier étut / Bois sous la neige [left] Armand Apol
After a ca.1924 oil painting of the same title (Milo, unnumbered; Boyens, p. 144).
JAN DE COOMAN
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Jan de Cooman (1893-1949) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Winter in Vlaanderen (Winter in Flanders)
Etching and aquatint in black on heavy wove paper, 1934(?)
394 x 400 mm (15½ x 15¾ in.)
Edition 250 + artist proofs
Ins: [lower margin left, pencil signature] J de Cooman sc. 113/250 [lower margin right, pencil signature] Valerius de Saedeleer
After a 1923 oil painting of the same title (Milo, unnumbered; Ridder pl. VIII).
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Jan de Cooman (1893-1949) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Winterlandschap met Hoeve (Snow Scene with Farmhouse)
Etching in black on heavy wove paper, 1934
395 x 457 mm (15½ x 18 in.)
Edition 50
Ins: [plate, lower left] J de Cooman sculp. 1934 [lower right, signature] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin left, pencil signature] J de Cooman 42/50 [lower margin centre, oval blind stamp] J de Cooman [lower margin right, pencil signature] Valerius de Saedeleer
After a 1907 oil painting of the same title (Milo, unnumbered; Walravens, pl. 10; Boyens, p. 144; Ridder pl. VII).
Jan de Cooman (1893-1949) after Valerius de Saedeleer
[Orchard at the End of Winter]
Etching and aquatint in colours on wove paper, 193x
xxx x xxx mm (xx x xx in.)
Edition 250
Ins: [pencil, lower margin left] 34/250 Jan de Cooman [pencil, lower margin right] Valerius de Saedeleer [plate lower right] Valerius de Saedeleer
After an oil painting. Not reproduced in Milo, Walravens, Boyens or Ridder.
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Jan de Cooman (1893-1949) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Winter in Vlaanderen (Winter in Flanders)
Etching in black on heavy wove paper, 19xx
164 x 159 mm (6½ x 6¼ in.)
Edition ???
Ins: [plate, lower right, signature] Valerius de Saedeleer pinx. [lower margin right, pencil signature] J de Cooman [centre margin, oval blind stamp] J de Cooman
Collection: Aberystwyth University
After a 1923 oil painting of the same title (Milo, unnumbered).
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Armand Apol (1879-1950) after Valerius de Saedeleer
xxxx (Orchard at the End of Winter)
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy wove paper, 1930
552 x 575 mm (21¾ x 22¾ in.) guesstimate
Edition ???
Ins: [plate, lower left, signature] xxx [lower right, lettered] xxx [lower margin left, pencil] xxx [lower margin centre, pencil] xxx [lower margin left, pencil] xxx
After …
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[Windmill]
une eau-forte de Valerius de Saedeleer Dim: 34 x 47 cm E
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Jan de Cooman (1893-1949) after Valerius de Saedeleer
xxxx (xxxx)
Etching and aquatint in colours on heavy wove paper, 19xx
440 x 360 mm (17¼ x 14¼ in.)
Edition ???
Ins: [plate, lower right, signature] xxx [lower margin right, pencil signature] xx/xxx J de Cooman [lower margin, stamp] Valerius de Saedeleer [pencil] xxx
After …
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Jan de Cooman (1893-1949) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Appelboom in de Sneeuw (Apple Tree in the Snow)
Etching and aquatint in black on heavy wove paper, 19xx
xxx x xxx mm (xxx x xxx in.)
Edition 250
Ins: [plate, lower left, signature] xx/250, J de Cooman [plate, lower right, stamp] Valerius de Saedeleer [lower margin right, pencil signature] xxxx xxxx J de Cooman
After …
Vingt Poèmes by Émile Verhaeren
20 etchings with aquatint by Roger Hebbelinck after landscape paintings by Saedeleer to decorate the special volume of Vingt Poèmes by Émile Verhaeren (Brussels: Terres Latines, 1947). Edition 200 + small number of hors commerce.
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Roger Hebbelink (1912-1987) after Valerius de Saedeleer
Winter in Vlaanderen (Winter in Flanders)
Etching and aquatint in black on Arches heavy wove paper, 1947
xxx x xxx mm (xx x xx in.)
Edition 200 + small number of hors commerce
Ins: None
After a 1923 oil painting of the same title (Milo, unnumbered).
Robert Meyrick 
There are two more artist that made printings from his work. Ermengem is one of them.
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